The story
- French · borrowed fromplanche“board”
- English todayplanche
Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of phalange, phalanx, planch, plancha, and plank.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
planche
Today it means: A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support. Full definition →
French planche